Can shaking alone cause fatal brain injury? A biomechanical assessment of the Duhaime shaken baby syndrome model

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 317-333

  Cory, C Z ^a   Jones, M D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURY; COURT; FATALITY; MODEL; RELIABILITY; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SIMULATION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MORTALITY; NECK INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NECK INJURIES; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 1542680587     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.43.4.317     Document Type: Article

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